Etymograph

English

lues

Lues comes from Latin lues ‘plague’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElues1‘plague’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1819lues1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English lues
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan: “And which in ravage the more loathsome evil is—…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEluesWiktionary, English lues‘plague’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1819luesWiktionary, English lues. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan: “And which in ravage the more loathsome evil is—…”

Linked words

through Latin luō ‘wash’

so, solution, solve, sol, resolute, 12 more

Today it means

noun A plague or disease.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “lues”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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